Community, patterns, tricks for beginning and intermediate knitters.

Lace knitting is not my natural place to be. Give me stocking stitch any day: mindless miles and miles of it while watching TV. It's nice stuff but it doesn't earn you chops as a knitter. There is nothing quite...Read More

Old Shale is a great way to introduce yourself to lace knitting. It's a simple four row repeat with a single pattern row. It's easy to memorize and the result is spectacular. Old Shale is a common stitch used in the...Read More

cable cast on is my go-to CO Particularly for beginners, the cable cast on is my weapon of choice. It's simple to learn and applicable to both stating a piece of knitting and adding stitches in the middle of your...Read More

Are you wondering about those yarn weight symbols you see in patterns? That's the little yarn skein with the number on it as shown in the table below. The yarn weight symbols help you figure out a good yarn to...Read More